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NEWS ABOUT: rhetoric

rhetoric stories: 11 news summaries
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Obama's Nobel Is the
'Not George W. Bush' Award

He's now the fourth recipient

Oct 9, 09 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Nobel Peace Prize President Obama won today is nothing more or less than the “fourth Nobel Prize for Not Being George W. Bush,” writes Michael Grunwald. The other beneficiaries of the NPNBGWB were Jimmy Carter in 2002, for criticizing the Iraq war buildup; Mohamed ElBaradei of the... More »

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climate change • Al Gore • Jimmy Carter • IAEA • Nobel Prize • Nobel Peace Prize • rhetoric • George W. Bush • Mohamed ElBaradei • President Obama • Michael Grunwald

Congressman Defiant Over
'Die Quickly' Jab

Apologizes to the dead, not GOP, cites US health care 'holocaust'

Sep 30, 09 6:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Democratic congressman who belittled Republicans for promoting a health care plan that wants the ill to "die quickly" ratcheted up his rhetoric even more today. Noting that some Republicans had demanded he apologize, Florida's Alan Grayson took to the House floor with an apology of a different sort:... More »

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Congress • Democrat • health care reform • Harvard • congressional Democrats • rhetoric • Alan Grayson • Congressional Republicans

Tearful Pelosi Fears Rhetoric Could Lead to Violence

Speaker tears up while recalling late '70s political violence

Sep 17, 09 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fighting back tears, Nancy Pelosi said today she fears the inflammatory rhetoric surrounding current political debate could lead to violence, the Hill reports. “I have concerns about some of the language that is being used because I saw…I saw this myself in the late '70s in San Francisco,... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • San Francisco • violence • assassination • Speaker • speaker of the House • rhetoric • Harvey Milk

(Newser) - Comparing your nemesis to a Nazi has been a "staple of American T-shirt and bumper-sticker political culture," writes Michael Gerson in the Washington Post, and such Nazi-talk has becoming a recurring element of the health care protests. "Anyone with a black felt pen and the ability to... More »

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Holocaust • Nazi • Third Reich • Nazism • health care reform • rhetoric • Michael Gerson • Jim DeMint

OPINION

Teleprompter's No Cop-Out:
Lincoln Would've Loved It

It's no cop-out: Presidents should be precise

Mar 27, 09 9:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama has taken much flak for his reliance on the teleprompter—it's a crutch, goes the charge. In fact, it plays a very different—and essential—role, writes Michael Gerson in the Washington Post: It “represents the elevation of writing in politics,” showing that the president and... More »

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writing • speech • rhetoric • President Obama • teleprompter

ANALYSIS

 Why McCain Has More
 'Friends' Than Facebook 

The candidate wants to be your buddy

Sep 1, 08 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain wants to be your friend. He regularly and repeatedly addresses audiences as “my friends,” Paul Collins writes for Slate, calling the habit  "the most mystifying verbal tic of any politician since Bob Dole." FDR and William Jennings Bryan shared the habit, but in recent... More »

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John McCain • Republican • Rush Limbaugh • Pat Buchanan • rhetoric • stump speech • oratory

 Obama Gets 
 Personal With Voters 

Senator aims to shed pure-rhetoric image

Jun 15, 08 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Seeking to shake criticism that he’s nothing more than a talented orator, Barack Obama has spent the week meeting voters face-to-face, the New York Times reports. His massive primary-campaign rallies were energizing, but also “isolating,” said his chief strategist. So instead the presumptive Democratic nominee has hosted... More »

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Barack Obama • voters • speech • rhetoric • campaign tactics

 Bush Rues Gun-Slinger Image 

'I could have used different rhetoric' prez says on farewell swing

Jun 11, 08 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Looking back on his years in office, President Bush admitted yesterday he regrets using phrases like "bring 'em on,” and “dead or alive,” which “indicated to people that I was, you know, not a man of peace." In "retrospect I could have used... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Iran • war • rhetoric • George W. Bush • multinationalism

Opinion

 Eloquence
 Can, in Fact,
 Be Presidential 

Those dismissing Obama's speaking skills miss a key point of the role of a president

May 16, 08 4:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s a bit weird to defend something like eloquence, but that’s just the task to which the primary season has inspired Calvin Trillin, writing in the Los Angeles Times. Rivals and pundits alike dismiss Barack Obama’s eloquence as some kind of liability, whereas Trillin sees in the... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Obama 2008 • speech • rhetoric • Calvin Trillin • Mario Cuomo

Clinton Slams Obama Over Nafta Talk

Report: Aide assured Canada the candidate was only 'positioning'

Mar 3, 08 3:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton hammered Barack Obama today over reports that his chief economic adviser privately told Canadian officials anti-Nafta talk was “more about political positioning than a clear articulation of policy.” The simmering story lurched forward today when the AP obtained the Canadian memo, reports Talking Points Memo. Obama's... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Canada • Ohio • NAFTA • rhetoric • Antan Goolsbee • economic adviser

Candidates Home In on NH Independents

Critical 45% bloc favors McCain, Obama; but many still undecided

Jan 6, 08 10:11 AM CST
(Newser) - As the battle for New Hampshire looms, would-be presidents are largely abandoning partisan rhetoric to court the state’s independents, who comprise 45% of the voting base there. The New York Times explores the far-reaching implications in this contest of unaffiliated voters, whose decisions will likely come right down to... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • independents • New Hampshire primary • swing voters • rhetoric

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